tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post3663433167684116753..comments2024-03-27T23:29:50.560+00:00Comments on History is made at night: 10 Brit-Funk GreatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-10872780261024834942017-05-06T10:34:32.807+01:002017-05-06T10:34:32.807+01:00Great selection check out a recently forme The Bri...Great selection check out a recently forme The Brit Funk Association & they have a gig in London in August. They are made up from various goups like Beggar & Co, Hi-Tension, Central Line <br /><br />https://agmp.ticketabc.com/events/brit-funk-2017/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-60285772551405728042015-10-18T18:34:47.816+01:002015-10-18T18:34:47.816+01:00Morrissey Mullen were superb players and brit funk...Morrissey Mullen were superb players and brit funkers.<br />SAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00923674583028018263noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-1811893829423178982011-04-18T17:54:26.383+01:002011-04-18T17:54:26.383+01:00and as Raven says, that seems parallel to the ways...and as Raven says, that seems parallel to the ways that african american music has worked here in the u.s. to pull young white folks towards anti-racist politics. Motown's the version of that which gets talked about, but i'd say it's no more important than bebop/modern jazz and funk were before and after.<br /><br />the funk link is especially important, i think, because of the ways it directly linked black nationalism to a politics of pleasure. P-Funk is the most obvious version of that, but Cameo, Earth, Wind & Fire, and others are nearly as explicit...rozelenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-61336063293866248512011-04-18T08:12:39.338+01:002011-04-18T08:12:39.338+01:00Not dissing reggae, punk or RAR, I just think that...Not dissing reggae, punk or RAR, I just think that soul & funk has been overlooked. To get anywhere the National Front had to appeal to the young white working class, not just old people nostalgic for the Empire, but a significant proportion of their potential core audience (e.g. 'Essex boys', football firms) were not only listening to black music but taking part in the soul boy/girl scene which was more racially mixed than punk or any other scenes at that time..https://www.blogger.com/profile/17026835814805695527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38519501.post-25024481868233253072011-04-17T23:22:24.375+01:002011-04-17T23:22:24.375+01:00Great collection of memories. It was the era of th...Great collection of memories. It was the era of the Caistor gatherings in Norfolk, listening to Greg Edwards on a Saturday night (remember the cheesy 'Bathroom call'...) and Robbie Vincent.<br /><br />(Personally I'd also include David Joseph's 'You can't hide your love away from me'....)<br /><br />I think there is something in your observation about the political role of soul and funk. There was of course a big 'white (Essex) soul boy' following. As a comparison of this type of phenomena, I wonder if there's any work done on the role of Mowtown in the USA in increasing support for the civil rights movement?Ravenhttp://londonmasalaandchips.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com